Indie Rock Is Losing Its Edge Right Before Our Eyes (and So What?)
Suuns' new album reminds that much of the joy of the today's art rock is the way it inhabits a tradition. More »
Noah Berlatsky edits the online comics and culture website the Hooded Utilitarian. He writes for Slate, Reason, and Splice Today. He is the author of a forthcoming book about the original Wonder Woman comics.
Suuns' new album reminds that much of the joy of the today's art rock is the way it inhabits a tradition. More »
'Blue,' the WIGS show about a working mom who moonlights as an escort, plays on the idea that knowledge is power. More »
Blame Hollywood, not premarital sex. More »
The folk singer's new album showcases her talent as a sharer of musical vision. More »
A superheroine to add to the Wonder Woman's ranks, from an unlikely source More »
Narratives about child-rearing have been maligned as boring. King Lear would beg to differ. More »
Botanist's new record 'Mandragora' imagines a world in which flora has defeated fauna. More »
Science fiction has a history of asking big questions about the sexes. It's time for'Star Wars' to take some pointers from its genre. More »
Orson Scott Card wouldn't just contradict the Man of Steel's inherent goodness—he'd highlight his inherent fascism. More »
The new documentary 'Hitler's Children' shows the struggle to confront the atrocities of one's own past More »
Titles like "Queen Bey" overshadow her early, brilliant music. But she's probably OK with that. More »
The 1847 Anne Brontë novel can be read as both a critique of 'The Feminine Mystique' and an illustration of it. More »
Many moms and dads have moments of falling woefully short of their lofty parenting goals. It's not ideal—but sometimes, it's okay. More »
Classics of the genre like "The Big Sleep" vilify women, while Steven Soderbergh's latest seems to think female characters are just not that important. More »
Her creator envisioned her as an antidote to the "blood-curdling masculinity" of comic books. But her modern-day reboot embraces the gore and crude sexuality she was originally supposed to avoid. More »
Privilege, class, and gender are bigger factors than some want to admit. More »
Sure, the two "Pride and Prejudice" characters don't have the all-consuming, uncompromising passion of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy—but how many couples do? More »
One of the male patriarchal values that has been consistently criticized by feminists is war. More »
Being an adaptation of a bestseller is a better reason to exist than being just a terrible bestseller. More »
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